North America Battery Recycling Effort Rises by 20 Percent

Vermont's law mandating that producers fund the takeback and recycling of single-use batteries has helped significantly boost battery collections in the state. Meanwhile, collections are trending upward across the U.S. and Canada, according to Call2Recycle.

The stewardship group reports it collected a total of 7.3 million pounds of single-use and rechargeable batteries in the U.S. and Canada during the first half of 2016. That's a 22 percent increase over collections during the first half of 2015.